Allyson researches children and media with a specific focus on digital environments and playful learning. In addition to her studies in child development, she is a Ph.D. student in the communication department at Davis. Allyson is originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and worked for Sesame Workshop (the non-profit behind Sesame Street) while she was in college at Northwestern University. She enjoys crafting and reading in her free time.

Publications

Snyder, A.L., Bonus, J.A., & Cingel, D.P. (2023). Representations of LGBQ+ families in young children’s media. Journal of Children and Media, 17(1), 154-160. 

Cingel, D.P., Krcmar, M., Marple, C., & Snyder, A.L. (2023). The development and validation of a measure of moral intuition salience for children and adolescents: The Moral Intuitions and Development Scale. Journal of Communication, 73(2)2, 179-191. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqac049

Snyder, A.L., LeBoeuf, L., & Lillard, A.S. (2023). “My Name is Sally Brown, and I Hate School!”: A retrospective study of school liking among conventional and Montessori school alumni. Psychology in the Schools, 60(3), 541-565.

Presentations

Snyder, A.L., Taylor, L.B., & Cingel, D.P. (March 2023). "Mobile Media Use for Emotion Regulation in the Family Context During Early Childhood." Poster presentation at SRCD, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Snyder, A.L., Cingel, D.P., & Vigil, S.L. (May 2023). "Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Children's Moral Media Comprehension: A Review of the Literature and Directions for Future Research." Session presented at ICA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

Snyder, A.L., Taylor, L.B., & Cingel, D.P. (May 2023). "U.S. Parents' Use of Mobile Media for Emotion Regulation During Early Childhood." Session presented at ICA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.